Hymn To Aphrodite Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABA ACD ACDE FGCA CDHA IJAA ACAK| Throned in splendor immortal Aphrodite | A |
| Child of Zeus Enchantress I implore thee | A |
| Slay me not in this distress and anguish | B |
| Lady of beauty | A |
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| Hither come as once before thou camest | A |
| When from afar thou heard'st my voice lamenting | C |
| Heard'st and camest leaving thy glorious father's Palace golden | D |
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| Yoking thy chariot Fair the doves that bore thee | A |
| Swift to the darksome earth their course directing | C |
| Waving their thick wings from the highest heaven | D |
| Down through the ether | E |
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| Quickly they came Then thou O blessed goddess | F |
| All in smiling wreathed thy face immortal | G |
| Bade me tell thee the cause of all my suffering | C |
| Why now I called thee | A |
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| What for my maddened heart I most was longing | C |
| Whom thou criest dost wish that sweet Persuasion | D |
| Now win over and lead to thy love my Sappho | H |
| Who is it wrongs thee | A |
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| For though now he flies he soon shall follow | I |
| Soon shall be giving gifts who now rejects them | J |
| Even though now he love not soon shall he love thee | A |
| Even though thou wouldst not | A |
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| Come then now dear goddess and release me | A |
| From my anguish All my heart's desiring | C |
| Grant thou now Now too again as aforetime | A |
| Be thou my ally | K |
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